Jalen Suggs starting Thursday for Magic versus Cavaliers
Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs is in the starting lineup on Thursday against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
What It Means:
The Magic ruled out all five of their regular starters for the front end of a back-to-back. They are starting Suggs, Caleb Houstan, Bol Bol, Chuma Okeke, and Moe Wagner on Thursday in Orlando. Suggs is averaging 12.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.4 3-pointers over 29.1 minutes per game in 16 starts this season.
Suggs has a $5,300 salary on Thursday’s five-game slate and numberFire's models project him for 30.8 FanDuel points over 32.6 minutes. Per our NBA Heat Map, the Magic’s implied total is 113.75 while the game total (217.5) is the lowest of the day.
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